Ben Bernie The Old Maestro Remembered In Fond Remembrance
Damon Runyon eulogizes Ben Bernie, "The Old Maestro," detailing his joyful life, generous hospitality, and wide friendships. He recalls Bernie’s rise from vaudeville to radio fame, his love of people, and the sorrow of his passing after a ten month illness.
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Ben Bernie
Ben
Mars
Phew Jae Eal
Saratoga
Ywood
Springs
Savestore
Miami
Hialeah
Dade County
Bennie
Fort William Henry Harrison Mooching Setter Noted
A chaotic misprint describes a dogged setter named Blackie teaching soldiers to mooch. It claims daily bus rides to the fort and handout begging at the mess hall with inconsistent garbled phrasing and stray words.
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Helena
Mont
Blackie
Fort William Henry Harrison
Showdown over sales tax battle in House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee opened a climactic fight over a national retail sales tax after delivering only about $2 billion in new wartime revenue from other sources, far short of the administration’s $10.5 billion request. Debate focuses on compromising at about 10 percent with fixed certificates, while the panel also revises income, excise, and estate tax plans as it approaches a revenue bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Shce
Ays and Means Group
Senate
Trojans Lose Three Stars To Marines
Southern California stars lose three football players to the Marines. Capt Ralph Heywood and Pete Kail ends and quarterback Mickey McCardle were ordered to Parris Island for officers training. Howard Callanan leaves for Columbia University for navy engineering training.
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Los Angeles
Southern California Tros
Marines
Ralph Heywood
Pete Kail
Mickey McCardle
Parris Island
S. C
Howard Callanan
Columbia University
Navy
Louisiana State fans rally for star Van Buren All-America hope
Baton Rouge reports LSU fans back Steve Buren a 200-pound triple threat who has dominated five straight games. He leads the nation with 84 points, has 12 touchdowns and 105 touches for near 700 yards, plus 10 of 23 passing for 100 yards as a multi threat back.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Steve Buren
van Buren
Football Replaces War For Armchair Experts
CHICAGO October 28 Football has replaced the war for amateur strategists who do quarterbacking on dining room table cloths. The Linen Supply Association of America notes Saturdays and Sundays are the heaviest days for table coaches and about 99 percent of diagrams indicate a touchdown on the play.
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Chicago
Linen Supply Association of America Today
Tiny Claussen Cards Answers For Curious Campmates
Pvt. Richard Claussen of Omaha recently inducted at Fort Leavenworth now hands a card to curious campmates. The card lists his height 6 feet 6 inches weight 270 pounds and shoe size 15. It notes the flood of questions he receives. In a broader note, more than 4,600 people work in Canada’s leather industry and 66 million bushels of rice were produced in 1942 across Louisiana Texas Arkansas and California.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Richard Claussen
Omaha
Fort Leavenworth
Claussen
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
California
Crossword Clue Answers List
A study of numbered clues with definitions such as oath collision bicycle for two and malt liquor. Includes terms for male bee and neuter possessive as well as network and wood plant and drying spread. Also lists climbs mud inflammable lure web-like and let fall.
Big Fast Freighters Built Inland in Britain
Britain shifts to mass inland shipbuilding for ocean freighters funded by piece-work. Shipyards inland north and Scotland assemble vessels later joined at coastal points. The move boosts output, uses semi skilled labor, reduces transport bottlenecks, and aims for spring 1944 peak production amid wartime needs.
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London
INS
Britain
America
Mid
Scotland
England
Subtle Appeal in South Side Stores Cites Soap and Explosives
Placards in Chicago's South Side urge residents to wash windows with soap and soap substitutes claiming soap and fat are used in explosives. The notice warns wasteful pranks reduce usable powder and mentions a signature reading Hitler. The article also notes the Chemical Warfare Service supplying masks for training and for spectacle wearers.
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Chicago
South Side
Halloweters
Hitler
The
Chemical Warfare Service
Low-Flying Ploesti Raid Topped Field Obstacles
New York dispatch recounts August 1 Ploesti raid by five bomb groups led by Colonel Joan R. Kane and Captain John S. Young. Planes skimmed about twenty feet above cornfields and trains, collecting branches and cornstalks on impact while dodging heavy flak and ME 109 fighters. The Orion and Astra Romana refineries suffered direct hits as smoke, flames, and debris engulfed the target area.
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New York
Ploesti
Romania
John S. Young
Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Joan R.) Kane
Orion
Astra Romana
Young
R. B
Hubbard
Women employees rise in American foundries report
American foundries report five percent of their workforce are women. It is estimated that adequate lighting on city streets would save one person from death annually.
Connie Mack’s real name revealed in one minute test
Connie Mack’s real name is Cornelius McGillicuddy. The Rugby football team fields fifteen players. Jack Dempsey’s manager during his world heavyweight title reign was Jack Kearns. Words of Wisdom warn youth to avoid debts viewed as furies. Etiquette hints urge loyalty to family and friends for reciprocity.
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Gill's
Connie Mack
Oni
Jack Dempsey
Smanager
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Jack Kearns
Portrait of a steady and precise problem solver
A description highlights courage determination and a firm will plus careful precise work. It praises methodical accuracy and executive ability. It notes enjoyment of the outdoors and a congenial married life. It encourages tackling formidable problems with balanced judgment.
Ranger mourns death of Oscar the 15 year old theater cat
Citizens in Ranger Texas mourn the death of Oscar a 15 year old theater cat who spent 12 years perched on the back of the front row seats and hissed at Mickey Mouse during showings marking a local feline entertainment legend.
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Opd
Ranger
Texas
Oscar
Cat
Mickey Mouse
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Davis McAury
Carolina
Wilson’s Weekly
Wilson & Co
George Rector
Trojans
Canada
Eugene Sheffer
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Alpha Brand
AOMI
U. S
Nest Sausage
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Winnne
Masners
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Campbell
Ivory
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Camay Soap
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